- Russian air defense downed three Ukrainian drones in and around Moscow, targeted in sixth consecutive day of attacks, Russia said early Wednesday, August 23. The Moskva-City business district was among the targets. According to the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, several windows of two five-story buildings were damaged, and the emergency services are inspecting the perimeter, he reported on his Telegram account.
- Russian shelling killed three people and injured two in Lyman district on Tuesday, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported. Three residents were killed and another injured in the village of Torske and another was hit in Zakitne, he said on Telegram. The governor had announced earlier on television the death of two civilians in Iampil.
- The Russian army claims to have destroyed two Ukrainian naval vessels in the Black Sea. The Russian defense explained that it sank a ship in an area under its control in the Black Sea, as well as an American-made Ukrainian launch off Serpents’ Island, liberated in 2022 by Kiev.
- Ukrainian soldiers of the 47e brigade have invested the village of Robotynein Zaporizhia Oblast, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar announced on Telegram. “Our soldiers carry out planned combat operations and destroy the enemy. In response, the Russians continuously bombard Robotyne with their artillery.she wrote.
- Alexander Bogomaz, governor of the Briansk region, bordering Ukraine, accuses “Ukrainian saboteurs” to have attempted an armed incursion. “Thanks to the coordinated and heroic actions of the border guards of the FSB in the Bryansk region, the Ministry of Defense and special units of the National Guard in the Bryansk region, the attack was repelled”wrote on Telegram the regional governor.
- The Ukrainian army will not receive the F-16s promised by its Western allies for six or seven monthsDefense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Tuesday in an interview broadcast on Telegram.
- After promising to supply F-16 fighters to Ukraine, Denmark began to train eight Ukrainian pilots on this type of aircraft, reports Reuters. They arrived at Denmark’s Skrydstrup military air base, accompanied by sixty-five people who will be trained in aircraft maintenance and upkeep, the Danish military said. in a press release.
- More than 200 military recruitment centers raided in Ukraine as part of probe into bribery ring allowing conscripts to evade conscriptionthe Ukrainian prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday, in the midst of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.
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